Baling-press.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

J. S. MOORE.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1902.

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UN lTED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SIXTHS TO BARNETT V. ADAMS AND RANSOM J. ROY, OF BLUM,

TEXAS, AND FRANK L. JACK, OF OLEBURNE, TEXAS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,099, dated June 30, 1903.

Application filed March 12, 1902. Serial No. 97,910. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES SOLOMON Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Voodbury, in the county of Hill and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Baling-Press, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved baling-press; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a baling-press constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional View taken through the press-box and showing the front or outer side of the plunger. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view taken on a plane intersecting the press-box. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the horsepower for operating the plunger of the press. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view showing the press-box, the hopper thereon, and the plunger which operates in the press-box. Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of the oscillating lever.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a truck 1, on which the horse-power mechanism is mounted and on which the press-box may be also placed for purposes of transportation. The frame of the truck 1 comprises a pair of side beams 2 of suitable length, a cross-bar 3, which is secured thereon near their front ends, a cross-bar 4, which is secured on the under sides of the beams 2 at a suitable distance from their front ends and somewhat in rear of the cross-bar 3, and a pair of cross-boards of suitable width and thickness, which are indicated by the referencenumeral 5 and serve to connect the beams 2 together at a suitable distance from their rear ends, said cross-boards being here shown as rabbeted in the upper sides of the said beams and bolted thereto. The rear axle 6 is secured to the under sides of the beams 2 and under one of the cross-boards 5. The front axle 7 is mounted under the front end of the frame and is here shown as provided with a suitable draft pole 8. The wheels 9 may be readily detached from the spindles of the axles to enable the frame to lie (lirecilyon the ground when the machine is in use. Keepers 10 are shown on the outer sides of the beams 2 near the front and rear ends thereof. Suitable standards may be fitted in the said keepers and removed therefrom, and when the machine is in operation and the truck-frame rests on the ground suitable stakes may be driven through the said keepers and into the ground to secure the truck-frame from moving.

A base-plate 11 is secured on the upper sides of and between the beams 2 at a suitable dis tance from the front end of the truck-frame. The said base-plate is in practice a casting, is formed with a web 12, which is rectangular in shape and has a strengthening-flange 13, that extends around its sides and is on the upper side of the web, is formed on its under side with depending side flanges 14, that bear against the inner sides of the beams 2, and is further formed on its under side with radial strengthening-flanges 15, which are at right angles to each other. A vertical journal 16 has its lower end secured on the center of the base-plate 11, said journal extending upwardly from said base-plate and forming the pivot for the cam-lever 17. On the crossboards 5 is bolted a base-plate 18, which is-a casting, has a circular Way 19, and is provided with a vertical journal 20, that projects from the upper side thereof at the center. The said journal 20 forms the pivot for the oscillating lever 21, which is operated by the cam-lever 17 and is adapted to be connected at one end to the pitman 22, which operates the press-plunger 23.

It will be understood from the foregoing description and by reference to the drawings that the truck-frame is exceedingly strong and durable and may be manufactured at comparatively slight cost and that the same is of about the usual length and breadth of a wagon such as is commonly employed on farms. It will be furthermore understood that the base-plates, together with the lovers carried thereby, may be readily unbolted and removed from the truck-frame, so that the truck may, if desired, be employed for the purposes of a wagon.

The cam-lever 17 comprises a wooden beam ICO 24 and a pair of castings 25 26, which are respectively bolted to the upper and lower sides of the said beam. The said castings are straight and are provided at their ends withv oppositely-disposed bearings 27,which project beyond the ends of and laterally with relation to the beam 24. Antifriction-rollers 28 are journaled between the bearings 27, as at 29. The radius of the said antifrictionrollers exceeds that of the said bearings, so that when the cam-lever is revolved by the sweep-beam 30, to which the horse is attached, the said antifriction-rollers alternately engage one end of the oscillating lever 21 and operate the latter. The upper casting 25 is formed with two pairs of upwardly-projecting vertical lugs or ears 31. The inner portion of the sweep-lever bears on the upper casting 25 and extends nearly to the center thereof and is disposed between the pairs of lugs or ears 31 and has its upper side inclined, so that the inner end of the sweep-beam is somewhat wedge-shaped. Bolts 32 connect the respective pairs of lugs or ears 31 together and bear on the sweep-beam. Thereby the sweep-beam is firmlyiconnected to the camlever, with its axis coincident with that of the cam-lever, so that the sweep-beam and the cam-lever lie in the same plane. The lower casting 26 is formed on opposite sides of the center thereof with pairs of depending lugs 33, which form the bearings for antifrictiou-rollers 34, that operate upon the Web of the base-plate 11. The said castings 25 26 p are formed at their centers with bearings 35 for the journal 17. It will be understood from the foregoing that the cam lever is mounted for revolution on the journal 17 above the base-plate 11. A brace-arm 36 is secured at the center of and at right angles to the beam 24 of the cam-lever. One end of the cam-lever, which I will call the outer end thereof, is connectedby a bolt-rod 37 to one end of the brace-arm 36. A brace-rod 38 also connects the said brace-arm to the sweep-lever 30. Said rod 38, together with the brace-arm and bolt-rod 37, forms a truss on one side of the cam-lever which very greatly strengthens the construction thereof. Furthermore, the rod-38 serves to keep the sweep beam or lever from becoming disengaged from the cam-lever when in operation.

The oscillating lever 21 comprises a wooden beam 39 and a pair of castings 40, which are secured on the upper and lower sides thereof, preferably by bolts, as here shown. One end of the beam 39 projects beyond the castings 40, as at 41, and the said projecting end of the beam is rounded on one side and is provided with an iron or steel shoe42, which shoe is successively engaged by the antifriction-rollers carried by the cam-levers. The opposite ends of the castings 40, which I will call the outer ends thereof, project beyond the outer end of the beam 39 to form ears or lugs 43, between which the outer end of the pitman 22 is disposed and to which the pitman may be detachably pivoted by a removable bolt or pin 44. The said pitman has a wear-plate at its outer end on its upper side, and the pin or bolt 44 passes through alined openings in the lugs or ears 43, the wear-plate, and the pitman.

When in operation, the press-box 23 is disposed at right angles to the truck-frame. A coupling pole or beam 46 is employed to connect the rear end of the truck-frame to the inner end of the press-box. The press-box has keepers 48, in which the outer end of the coupling pole or beam is secured by bolts 49, and the inner end of said coupling pole or beam is secured in rabbets 50 on the under sides of the beams 2 by belts or pins 51. Metallic plates 52 are secured to the under sides of the beams 2 and pass under the coupling-beam.

The plunger 23, which operates in the pressbox, is provided with supporting-rollers 53, which travel on the bottom of the press-box. A spring 54, here shown as a coiled retractile spring, is attached to the p'itman 22 and the coupling-beam 46 and in coactiou to the camlever and oscillating lever actuates theplunger. The press-box is provided on its upper side with a hopper 55, through which the material to be baled is fed to the press-box after each outstroke of the plunger. In the sides of the press-box are pivotally mounted springpressed dogs 56, which engage the sides of the compressed material in the press-box and prevent the same from moving outwardly when the plunger is on its outstroke.

By disposing the cam-lever in line with the sweep-lever said cam-lever is operative on the oscillating lever to impart the in or compress.

ing stroke to the plunger, as shown in Fig. 1, at a time when the horse attached to the sweeplever is not crossing the pitman and the coupling-beam, and the instrokes are imparted to the plunger before the horse reaches the coupling-beam and pitman, so that the horse is not loaded while crossing the same, which is a great advantage, as will be understood. Furthermore,since theoscillating lever is straight and the cam-lever is substantially so and both of said levers are of moderate length the instrokes of the plunger are comparatively rapid and are each communicated thereto while the cam-lever is moving through only about one-fifth of a circle, and since the outstrokes of the plunger result from the action of the spring 54 and immediately and rapidly follow the instrokes thereof as the oscillating lever is cleared by the cam-lever the plunger dwells for a comparatively long time at the conclusion of each of its outstrokes, so that the operator is given ample time to feed the material to the press-box.

An antifriction-roller 57 has its bearings in a casting 58, which is bolted or otherwise socured on the coupling-beam 46. The outer portion of the pitman operates upon said antifriction-roller.

In the construction illustrated the rocking and cam levers are of approximately equal lengths to accomplish the object above named in reference to the quick movement of the plunger.

A further advantage of the construction described resides in the fact that the operating devices are mounted upon the truckframe which is provided with the runninggear, and thus are permanently associated with that portion of the structure which is adapted to bear the strain of the operation. The baling-chamber is detachably connected with the truck-framewhen arranged for baling purposes, and the plunger is also detachably connected with the rocking lever, whereby in transportation the baling member with its plunger may be disconnected from the truckframe and rocking lever and disposed upon the truck-frame. Moreover, in addition to the advantages hereinbefore mentioned for the arrangement of the sweep in alinement or in the same vertical plane with the arms of the cam-lever it should be noted that when the parts are arranged for transportation the sweep may be located on the longitudinal center of the truck-frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and the cam-lever is thereby similarly disposed, so as not to project beyond the sides of the frame. Moreover, the rocking lever being disconnected when the machine is about to be transported it may be arranged similarly within the lines of the sides of the truckframe, so that the entire machine may be readily moved through gateways and along narrow roadways. The mounting of the rockin g and cam levers on the truck-frame serves to increase the strength and durability of the structure by reason of the castings and associated parts on which these levers are mounted, as hereinbefore described, and as the baling-press and related parts are subjected only to strain in the line of the length of said chamber or parallel with the path of movement of the plunger they may be of comparatively light weight, so as to be handled with facility and placed without difficulty on the truckframe for transportation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In combination with a plunger and an oscillating lever connected thereto, a revoluble cam-lever having tappets to engage the oscillating lever, said cam-lever having castings on its upper and lower sides providing bearings for said tappets, and having a bracearm secured centrally at right angles thereto, a sweep-lever secured to the cam-lever in a vertical plane therewith and extending longitudinally above one of its arms, and a truss element connecting said cam -lever, bracearm and sweep-lever.

'2. In a baling-press, a centrally-pivoted cam-lever comprising a beam, a pair of castings on the upper and lower sides thereof, said castings having their ends reversely disposed and projecting beyond the ends of said beam and laterally with reference thereto, antifriction-rollers mounted between the projecting ends of said castings, a sweep-beam secured on the upper casting in vertical alinement with the cam-lever, a brace-arm secured centrally and at right angles to the cam-lever and bracerods connecting one end of the brace-arm to the cam-lever and to the sweepbeam, in combination with an oscillating lever, engaged by the cam-lever, a plunger and its retracting-spring, and a pitman connecting the plunger to the oscillating lever.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES SOLOMON MOORE.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. HAAF, A. SIDNEY CUPP. 

